
It became physically challenging for her to be this restrained. However, Ember is still a young, fire-breathing dragon. Ember wasn’t collateral damage and that’s the important part. The Noble Consort had no reason to dislike her, though the Dragon Lord’s unusual presence did provide ample opportunity for her to scheme against the other concubines. Many of the court officials were incredibly dismayed by her status as a head of state, but didn’t dare say anything about it publicly the Emperor and Empress had both taken a liking to her. When she received her flower pot-soled shoes, she understood why her father had made her walk on stilts for weeks.īeing the Dragon Lord and a dragoness put Ember in a strange position, especially at her tender age. She was given permission to wear special gem crowns and was gifted a fancy dress to wear to a banquet, which even had the Dragon Lands coat of arms embroidered on it. Ember was courteous in the right contexts and silent when she needed to be. Things were going well at first, despite the Dragon Lord and her father being lodged in separate palaces. Torch had drilled his daughter on Manechurian etiquette and told her to stay the Tartarus away from all the drama. Her father, who had worked very hard to establish these relations, wasn’t impressed. She almost completely squandered the good relations between the Dragon Lands and this notoriously difficult to befriend empire.


Dragon Lord Ember’s first voyage to Manechuria was quite the learning experience.
